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    <title><![CDATA[Discount Drug Stores watches out for franchises]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Discount Drug Stores is launching an e-commerce platform that will allow its franchises to concentrate on developing a superior relationship with their customers.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:47:52 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Supermarket chains slammed for petrol discounting]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Australian Association of Convenience Stores has highlighted the supermarket chains are participating in anti-competitive behaviour by discounting petrol prices by up to 30 cents per litre.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:21 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[And the winner is... Wesfarmers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Wesfarmers has come out on top for the tenth quarter straight over rival Woolworths boasting Coles delivered a &quot;record-breaking&quot; Christmas.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:21 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[The supermarket war continues]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Just two days after announcing it was going to slash fruit and vegetable prices as part of its Super Specials campaign, Coles has said it will be making further price cuts to selected products in the same range.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:35:32 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Retail forecast to improve in 2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The AFGC CHEP retail index forecasts that there will be a subdued growth for the retail sector in the March quarter, which is traditionally one of the slowest trading periods of the year]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:54:38 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Where was the Christmas joy?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[National Australia Bank&rsquo;s monthly business survey for December has been released reconfirming the reality of the retail industry continues to remain bleak.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:21:02 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[TRO enters Aust market wtih Retail Engine]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[UK experiential marketing agency TRO has opened in Australia following a merger with existing local agency, Retail Engine.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:16:33 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Reduce the time to conduct a stocktake by 80%*]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Having an efficient and effective inventory and stock management system is fundamental to a strong bottom line.  You may already have the software but what about your hardware?  Is it reliable and robust?]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:34:29 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Woolies sells Dick Smith]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Expected to see the closure of up to 100 underperforming stores over the next two years, Dick Smith will be divested to interested buyers.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:48 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Lend Lease launches centre app]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Lend Lease Shopping Centres has launched an iPhone application across its shopping centre portfolio, which has been designed to provide shoppers with everything they need to know about their local centre.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Woolworths&#039; strong first half 5% increase]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Woolworths has produced what has been described as &quot;solid&quot; half-year results with sales reaching $29.7 billion, a 5 per cent increase on the previous year.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:32 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[NRA fights working battle]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The NRA continues to fight a long battle against the shorter minimum work shifts on behalf of young employees, sitting in on the cases&#039; third appeal on Wednesday.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:57 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Coles slashes fruit and veg prices]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[From Tuesday, Coles has announced it will slash up to 50 per cent off in prices from at least a dozen of fruit and vegetables each week.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[State of the Nation Shopper Breakfast]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[POPAI Australia &amp; New Zealand have teamed up with Shopper Tracker to bring  a &quot;State Of The Nation Shopper Breakfast&quot; to Sydney.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:46:40 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[What&#039;s in-store for the future of retail?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;What&#039;s in-store for the future of retail?&quot; What every &#039;fit&#039; retail brand needs to know.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:27 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[New board members join Woolworths]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Christine Cross, David Mackay and Michael Ullmer have all been welcomed to the company as non-executive directors.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:50:00 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[DJs, Myer threatens to walk from suppliers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Not only are Australian retailers already paying higher labour and rent costs than overseas peers, they are also paying a high price for stock as they continue to fight the against its online competitors.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:38 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[More interest rate cuts needed, ARA says]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ARA has called on the RBA to reduce interest rates in February after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped from 3.5 per cent down to 3.1 per cent.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:42:34 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Digital Alchemy turns to IBM]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:50:01 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[2012: The year of smart devices]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Deloitte&#039;s global technology, media and telecommunications report has predicted Australian households will spend $5.44 billion on computers and software, which is 80 per cent of the estimated $6.8 billion total.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Metcash grows food and grocery staff]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[With a focus to grow its food and grocery department, Metcash has appointed Silvestro Morabito to the new position of chief operating officer food and grocery.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:25 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Hoyts pilots smartphone app from MasterCard]]></title>
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    <link>http://www.retailbiz.com.au/2012/01/24/article/Hoyts-pilots-smartphone-app-from-MasterCard/XBMLTDXHCG.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In a global first, the QkR by MasterCard in-cinema smart ordering service will be piloted by the Commonwealth Bank at a number of Hoyts cinemas for several weeks from January.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:17 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Harvey Norman franchisee model criticised]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Macquarie Securities has declared Harvey Norman&#039;s franchisee fee structure as &quot;unsustainable&quot; given the current retail market&#039;s propensity towards discounting in low margin categories.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:06 +1100</pubDate>   
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    <title><![CDATA[Aussies to hit UK retailers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[After the Australian dollar grew to a 27 year high against the British pound recently, PayPal has predicted that there will a surge in Australians shopping in the UK.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:50 +1100</pubDate>   
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